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A Komodo liveaboard is a multi-day boat trip that takes you through Komodo National Park in Indonesia, allowing you to dive, snorkel, and explore remote islands while living aboard a comfortable vessel. Unlike day trips from shore, a liveaboard gives you access to the park’s most remote and pristine dive sites, with all meals, accommodation, and diving included.

Komodo liveaboard trips run year-round, with each season offering unique experiences. April through December is the high season, with warm waters of 26–29°C, visibility up to 30 meters, and calm seas ideal for diving all areas of the park. January and February bring the monsoon, but this is paradoxically the best time for manta ray encounters, as hundreds gather in southern Komodo for plankton-rich waters.

A Komodo liveaboard typically visits legendary dive sites including Batu Bolong (a pinnacle teeming with reef sharks and Napoleon wrasse), Manta Point (where oceanic mantas gather at cleaning stations), Crystal Rock (massive schools of fusiliers and sweetlips), Castle Rock (white-tip reef sharks and eagle rays in strong currents), Shotgun (a thrilling drift dive through a narrow channel), and Manta Alley (seasonal manta feeding grounds).

Some diving experience is recommended for most Komodo liveaboard itineraries, as many sites feature strong currents. An Advanced Open Water certification is ideal. However, our liveaboard maintains a 4:1 diver-to-guide ratio and our PADI dive masters tailor each dive to the group’s experience level. Certified Open Water divers are welcome on select itineraries with calmer sites.

Komodo liveaboard trips typically range from 4 days / 3 nights to 8 days / 7 nights. Shorter trips cover the central and northern dive sites of Komodo National Park, while longer itineraries allow you to explore the entire park from north to south, including remote southern sites and extended time at manta cleaning stations.

A Komodo liveaboard typically includes full-board meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks), drinking water, tea and coffee, cabin accommodation with en-suite bathroom and air conditioning, all scheduled dives with tanks and weights, dive guide services, cabin towels, and use of the sun deck, lounge, and onboard facilities. National park entrance fees, equipment rental, nitrox, alcoholic beverages, soft drinks, and gratuities are usually additional.

Yes, a Komodo liveaboard is excellent for non-divers and snorkelers. While divers explore underwater, snorkelers are guided to the best spots on the reef. The itinerary also includes land excursions such as trekking to see Komodo dragons on Komodo and Rinca islands, hiking Padar Island for panoramic views, and visiting Pink Beach, one of only seven pink sand beaches in the world.

Komodo National Park is one of the most biodiverse marine environments on earth. Expect to encounter giant oceanic manta rays, reef manta rays, white-tip and black-tip reef sharks, sea turtles, Napoleon wrasse, giant trevally, eagle rays, moray eels, octopus, cuttlefish, nudibranchs, frogfish, and schools of thousands of fusiliers, sweetlips, and barracuda. Seasonal visitors include mobula rays, hammerhead sharks, and whale sharks.

Komodo liveaboard trips depart from Labuan Bajo, the gateway town to Komodo National Park on the island of Flores. Labuan Bajo has its own airport (Komodo Airport, LBJ) with direct flights from Bali (1.5 hours), Jakarta, and Surabaya. If you are staying at Komodo Resort, our team will arrange your transfer to the liveaboard on departure day.

Essential items include your dive certification card and logbook, reef-safe sunscreen (SPF 50+), a rashguard or wetsuit (3mm recommended for cooler southern sites), a waterproof camera or GoPro, personal medications and seasickness remedies, comfortable clothing for warm tropical evenings, a hat and sunglasses, and a small dry bag for land excursions. Most Komodo liveaboards provide towels, toiletries, and full diving equipment for rental.